Paraguay

Paraguay

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  Paraguayans elect tobacco magnate as president

  Paraguayans elected a tobacco magnate as their new leader Sunday, returning the conservative Colorado Party to the presidency that it held for 61 ... 

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  Conservatives likely to retake power in Paraguay

  Paraguay is poised to elect as its new president a conservative candidate from the party that backed strongman Alfredo Stroessner during 35 years of ... 

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  Criminal case delayed in Paraguay land killings

  The prosecutor says he has no physical evidence showing who killed six police officers during a land dispute that prompted the downfall of Paraguayan ... 

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  Paraguay presidential hopeful Oviedo dies in crash

  Paraguayan presidential candidate Lino Cesar Oviedo has been killed in a helicopter crash, authorities said Sunday, ending a dramatic political career ... 

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  Kids play Mozart with violins made from garbage

  The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl ... 

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  Paraguayan farmers question probe into killings

  Lucia Aguero stood with the other farmers in the standoff. About 300 of them had occupied the rich politician's land that they insisted wasn't legally ... 

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  Gunmen assassinate peasant leader in Paraguay

  Gunmen murdered one of the surviving leaders of a peasant movement whose land dispute with a powerful politician prompted the end of Fernando Lugo's ...